Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention is directed to a change purse, and more
particularly to a change purse incorporating a linkage for
mounting a change purse within a hand purse.
In their predominent environment of use, within ladies
hand purses, change purses present a long standing need. The
presence of a change purse often requires the owner of the hand
purse within which it is lodged to place the hand purse down on a
working surface, in order to locate and retrieve the change
purse. Under more normal conditions, when the change purse comes
readily to hand, it is often necessary to transfer the hand purse
from the owner's hands to being grîpped beneath the arm~ while
opening up and obtaining the required coinage or other article
from within the change purse~ In these uncertain times in many
urban societies, such hap-hazard handliny of ones valuables is
tantamount to an invitation to be robbed. At the least, the
problems presented in handling a hand purse and a change purse
prove often to be both an embarrassment, an annoyance and a great
waste o~ time.
One very early attempt to come to grips with these
problems, U.S. Patent No. 302,071, ROBERT WEINTRAND, issued July
- 15, 1884, shows a change purse suspended rom within a clasp-type
ladies hand purse by means of a special support hook.
In SPEAR et al, U.S. Patent No. 2,111/079, issued May
25 15, 1938, there is shown a hand purse having a plurality of
securing clips slideable across the mouth of the purse in
adjustable closing relation therewith. Movement of clips to one
end of the purse mouth provided access to the interior thereof.
Movement in the opposite, closing direction of a selected one of
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the closure clips, tended to tension a pull cord, to eject a
mirror upwardly out of its pouch, for use by the owner.
In accor~ance with the present invention a change purse
is provided with a suspension device for attaching the change
purse within the mouth of a ladies zippered hand purse. The
change purse is connected by the suspension device with -the hand
purse zipper draw for actuation thereby, so that retraction of
the zipper draw in a purse opening mode causes the change purse
to be oriented into an upward facing substantially level, raised
relation within a respective compartment of the hand held purse,
to provide one-handed access thereto, the change purse being held
in resilient readied relation by the adjacent sides of the hand
purse.
The relationship between the length of the suspension
device and its point of attachment to the side of the change
purse may be such that actuation to a fully operative position
can raise the mouth of the change purse above and clear oE the
mouth of the hand purse.
In ~Iddition to facili~ating the use of their change
purse by an individual, the subject arrangement has certain
unobvious safety factors associated therewith. Thus, the change
purse or its equivalent can carry a key or keys, such as car
keys, latch keys etc., whereby delays that can otherwise prove
inconvenient,and in certain circumstances even dangerous to
the user may be readily avoided.
Furthermore urgent medication and/or notice relating
thereto, such as a Medic Alert ~TM) label or bracelet can be
mounted upon the change purse or its equivalent, so as to come
immediately to hand for a person lending necessary assistance to
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the user of the purse, in an emeryency. Similarly a charye or
security access card can be safely stowed for rapid access by the
user.
Furthermore, the location of the change purse in
oriented relation at or adjacent the top of the hand purse
compartment,underlying the ~ipper, can optimize utilization of
the lower portion of that compartment,while maintaining the
chanye purse readily accessible in its own location.
In one embodiment,the change purse suspension means
includes a hook means securing one end of the subject tilt link
to the change purse.
A further embodiment of the tilt link means incorporates
a detachable ball secured to the end of the link remote from the
change purse, the ball being connected through an aperture in the
zipper draw of the hand purse to which the change purse is
secured. The ball facilitates trouble free operation of the
change purse upon its tilt link.
~ n yet another embodiment, in addition to its respective
~astening means, one tilt link incorporates a braic~ed thong of
~0 predetermined lenyth. In an alternative embodiment, a rigid link
is utilized.
The presence of miscellaneous contents such as change
within the change purse, and the usual location of its point of
suspension above the centre of gravity and above the centre of
contents of the change purse, assures that in its "parked"
condition when the zipper of the hand purse is closed, the change
purse will hang in an incline~ relation within the compartment of
the hand purse.
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In use it has been ;Eound that the operation oE the hand
purse/change purse combination does not function as might be
expected, and in fact selectively different interactions can be
achieved.
Thus, on moving the zipper of the hand purse,having the
subject change purse in suspended relation therebeneath, the
friction against the sides of the change purse from the adjoining
sides of the hand purse compartment walls creates a torque about
the point of suspension, which drives the change purse in an
upward, turning motion, to present it in the opening mouth of the
hand purse, immediately adjacent the user's hand which is
operating the hand purse zipper. Thus, it is quite feasible to
access the change purse in its raised condition without fully
opening the zippered mouth of the hand purse.
The discovery of this frictional drive mode of operation
enables the present invention to be utilized with brief cases and
other soft sided hand luggage~
Alternatively, the automatic raising up of the chanye
purse or other insert container can be readily "suppressed" by
the user, permitting a fairly complete opening oE the hand purse
without the change purse coming into clear view. Further
displacement of the main zipper to the fully open position will
then display the change purse in a mechanically raised position,
brought about by interaction of the heel of the change purse in
abutting relation with the end of the "parent" hand purse.
While the subject arrangement is operative for a range
of lengths of the change purse tilt link, for most practical
purposes the adoption of a tilt link of about 2 cm (3/4 inch)
effective length has proved very useful.
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BRIEF DE5CRIPTlON Ol~ THE D~WINGS~
Certain embodiments o~ the invention are described,
reference being made to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
Figure 1 is a general side view of a hand purse
incorporating a change purse in accordance with the present
invention;
Figure 2 is a side view of another embodiment, having
the near side of the hand purse partly torn away;
Figure 3 is a detail of a change purse suspension
linkage embodiment; and
Figure 4 is a side view showing the present invention in
use with a key container, within a brief case, having a near side
portion torn away.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS:
Referring to Figure 1, a hand purse 10 has a zipper 12
across the mouth 14 thereof. The zipper 12 has a hand draw 16.
subject change purse 1~, of which the clasp 20 and frame 22 may
be seen, is -tethered by tilt link 24 to the zipper draw 16, by
way of a ball 26. The connection extends through an aperture (see
E'iyure 3) in the zipper draw 16.
Re~erring to Figure 2, there is shown a hand purse 14
having a change purse 18 oriented into upwardly facing
relation, having the upper portion thereof projecting upwardly
out of the compartment 30 of the hand purse.
The presence of a Medic Alert (TM) notice, and a credit
card are indicated, as a further showing of the utility of the
subject arrangement.
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As above stated, the utilization oE the subject
arrangement with a single key, or a plurality of keys in a key
repository or other suitable key mounting arrangement, with or
without a chanye purse ~ se also is considered to fall within
the ambit of this invention.
Referring to Figure 3, it will be seen that a toggle
ball 35 having an attachment spindle and eye 36 mounts very
conveniently on the portion 38 of a zipper draw, in the fashion
illustrated. A portion 40 of a change purse shows the tilt link
42, in this case a woven toggle 42, connected by way of an eye 44
and spring loaded release link 43 to the change purse 40.
The foregoing disclosure is made in regard to the use of
a suspended container, a ladies hand bag or, as referred to
herein, a "hand purse" as distinct from the smaller change purse
which comprises the disclosed suspended container. However, the
advantages of the invention also may be applied to other small
containers that are thereby suspended, such as key ring holders,
eye glass cases and the like, which may be suspended by the
subject suspension means.
Furthermore, the suspended small container may be used
in conjunction with larger receptacles than hand purses such as
the zippered brief casel wherein the texture of the brief case
wall inner surface 52 imparts sufficient frictional drag upon
the suspended case 54 so as to cause re-orientation of the
suspended case into a substantially upright position, without
essentially coming into pivotal contact with an end wall of the
outer receptacle.
